Go back to the palace and have a heart-to-heart talk with His Royal Highness
"Jinyue, why are you back?"
When the Queen in the East Palace saw me coming in, she was surprised and dropped the wooden fish in her hand. I bent down to pick it up, put it on the altar table for Guanyin, helped the Queen sit on the soft couch beside me, and asked: "
How is the situation with the prince's brother?"
The Queen's tears fell down and she choked with sobs: "Why are you still thinking about me? It's just that An Ming... I'm afraid he won't be able to pass this test... I only have one child in this palace. If I really can't save him, I will
Just let him go."
I took out a silk handkerchief from my sleeve, wiped her tears, and comforted her: "There are no absolutes in anything. Prince, brother, Jiren, Tianxiang, will definitely get through the difficulties. The queen, please don't be too sad, you have to take care of yourself, brother, prince."
I still need your care."
"What Jinyue said is that I cannot fall, I must not fall..." The Queen sniffed, stood up, took my hand and said with a forced smile: "Come, come inside and have a look.
An Ming will definitely be happy if he knows you come to see him."
The doors and windows of the inner compartment were closed tightly, and as soon as you entered, you could smell a strong smell of herbs. The prince was lying on the couch with his eyes closed, covered with a thick quilt, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and his cheeks were abnormally rosy.
, I put the back of my hand over it, the temperature was frighteningly hot.
The symptoms of smallpox do not cause much harm to the human body. Most of the patients who died from smallpox could not survive the high fever. As long as the temperature was lowered, there was no threat to their lives. However, it is easier said than done. Cooling down was not easy in ancient times.
matter.
Because he couldn't withstand the wind, the windows couldn't be opened, but ice cubes were stored in the palace. He ordered the queen's maid Zhilan to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some and put them in sandbags. The four maids took turns to give him cold compresses, and also brought some ice cubes.
Drinking wine, asking the eunuch to help him shave his body, and combining it with the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor are all the solutions I can think of. If he really can't survive it, then it can only be said that this is what his fate is.
After working for several hours, I was in a hurry to return to the palace in the morning without even bothering to have a meal. Now my stomach was growling with hunger. I was just about to say goodbye to the Queen and return to the Dangui Hall where I was temporarily staying, when I heard a little eunuch hurrying
Come in and report: "Go back to the Queen, Your Highness, please see me."
The power of her natal family is overwhelming, and the queen has been in the middle palace for many years, so the prince's position is very secure. Even if other princes have the idea of fighting for power, they have to bury it deeply. However, this time the prince got acne, everyone was calm.
The lake was broken, and the situation suddenly became turbulent. Although the third prince's mother and concubine were deposed and were no longer qualified to inherit the throne, things are unpredictable and people's hearts are unpredictable. The queen's expression changed when she heard this, and she immediately waved her hand to signal to the young eunuch to declare.
He comes in.
"My son, please give my regards to the Queen." His Highness the Third Prince came in and bowed his hands in a polite manner. An old man with a white beard behind him also took a step forward, knelt down and saluted, "The common people bow to the Queen, she is a thousand years old."
"The palace is very dangerous. Since An Qing has left the palace with the emperor to escape, why did he venture back to the palace again?" the queen asked with a frown.
An Qing pursed her lips and said with a smile: "My mother, regardless of her own safety, guarded the imperial city for my father. Although my son and ministers are not talented, they are not those who are greedy for life and afraid of death. Besides, the prince's younger brother has always taken good care of his children and his mother and concubines."
How can I abandon him and ignore him?" He pointed at the old man with white beard and introduced: "This is Doctor Xue from Xuancheng. Smallpox spread in Xuancheng ten years ago. It was Doctor Xue who was there.
The people in the city were able to save their lives, so I traveled three days and nights to invite him here, hoping to cure the illness of the prince and the emperor's younger brother."
In fact, the behavior of His Highness the Third Highness is really unwise. If Divine Doctor Xue can cure the prince's brother, it will naturally be attributed to Divine Doctor Xue. But if Divine Doctor Xue cannot cure him well, once the prince dies, he will be blamed. People say, "
It's easy to add icing on the cake, but it's difficult to provide help when the time is right." Unexpectedly, the one who is most likely to look on indifferently turned out to be a touching drama of brothers and sisters.
When the Queen heard this, her eyes immediately filled with fervent hope, and she personally welcomed Doctor Xue in. Doctor Xue held his beard and carefully checked his pulse, and then prescribed two prescriptions. The confidence in his words was evident. Everyone was very happy.
The prince was itchy, so the queen left him in the East Palace and asked him to take care of the prince's body until he recovered.
After sitting with the Queen for a while, I couldn't hold it any longer. Just as His Highness the Third stood up to say goodbye, I took the opportunity to follow him and left. When I crossed the threshold of the East Palace, I tilted my head to look at His Highness and asked with a smile.
: "What happened today is not like His Highness the Third Highness's style. It really surprised Jinyue."
"Sister Jinyue is also a surprise to me." His Highness the Third Highness smiled noncommittally and shifted the topic to me: "Not to mention the painstaking efforts for the country and the people, just implanting cowpox in people.
Such a bold act of restraining smallpox is enough to make people stunned."
I laughed and said, "Your hard work for the country and the people? Your Highness is really good at joking. Even the emperor can see my selfishness. Don't you know that His Highness doesn't know? Love can blind people's eyes, and it can also give people unprecedented courage.
Even at the risk of risking her own life, Jinyue is just an ordinary woman who has fallen in love, but she has disappointed the Third Highness."
"Sister Jinyue is really honest. Murong Qingfeng is such a lucky man to have such a wife." His Highness the Third Prince stopped, leaned against the wall, folded his arms, and said with a cynical smile: "The reason why I saved the prince is,
This is not just a false reputation as a brother and brother. If he dies in this smallpox, the drama of fighting for the throne will be staged. Although I have no intention of doing this, others may not believe it. All I want is leisure and peace.
I don’t want to be murdered, let alone murder others.”
"The queen is my mother's best friend. She has always been kind to me over the years. It will not do me any good if she loses her power. In the end, we have reached the same destination through different paths. I hope that the prince brother can be safe and sound, otherwise there will definitely be trouble inside and outside the palace.
It’s going to turn upside down.”
As soon as the words came out, His Highness the Third Highness did not respond, but looked behind me with a smile. I turned around following his gaze and saw Murong Qingfeng wearing a snow-white cloak, standing tall and tall at the end of the palace wall. I thought it was in advance.
Knowing where I was going, I came here specifically to wait. I blushed at His Highness's gaze. I glared at him, then left him and strode forward.
Arriving in front of Murong Qingfeng, I scolded: "The weather is so cold. You can just wait for me at Dangui Hall. Why go out here in vain?"
Murong Qingfeng stretched out his hand and took out a white plum, handed it to my hand, put my other hand into the palm of his hand, and said with a gentle smile: "It's not in vain, there is still something gained."